Buried with Children

Live Like the Lorax

April 16, 2012

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”
~The Lorax
“Mom! Stop. Stop!” Hayden said tugging at my arm trying to pull me backwards.
“Come on, Hayden,” I said my voice laced with annoyance and trying to keep him moving.
I didn’t want to stop. It was hot and I [...]

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Kitchen Mess and Success

April 14, 2012

I love to get in my kitchen and cook.
I know, I know, a bunch of you just shook your heads, some more of you rolled your eyes and others might have shouted out, “WHAT!”
But it’s true, I love to cook.
For me there is almost something therapeutic about being my kitchen chopping, stirring and sauteing away.
I [...]

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Hello, My Name Is…

April 11, 2012

When I was about 13 years old, I had a rather unique obsession.
This obsession was not an obsession over boys or clothes like other girls my age. Also this probably sent my mother to her knees in prayer every night praying that there was no hidden meaning.
And even now, when I think back on this obsession of [...]

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We went to Chicago and This was What Happened

April 10, 2012

Even though the nights were sleepless for us in Chicago, we did have a great time. As we walked all over the city, visited fun places and swam in the hotel pool (the best part of the trip if you ask the kids), a few thoughts came to me.

*Vacation is not a term used when traveling [...]

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Sleeping in a Hotel with Children

April 8, 2012

The plan was simple… take the kids to Chicago, do some fun things, spend two nights in a hotel and go home.
I was really excited for this trip. Chicago was a place that my parents took me as a kid and I couldn’t wait to share that experience with my kids.

I had planned, organized, pre-ordered, [...]

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We are Cat People

April 4, 2012

I knew the smell before I even entered the van.
Quinn was the first to speak, “Ew! What is that smell?”
“It smells like poop, dog poop,” I said my mind wondering back to the big pile of crap I saw in the grass of our friend’s lawn. I thought that I had walked around it but [...]

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We are All a Little Bit Scary

April 3, 2012

Sometimes, I wonder when I see the mom with her kids at the grocery store.
Sometimes, I wonder when I see the mom with her kids at the school pick up line.
Sometimes, I wonder when I see the mom ordering three twenty packs of chicken nuggets.
Sometimes, I wonder when I see the mom with her kids [...]

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Speaking Spanish

April 2, 2012

“Hey, mom!” Jake said over the noise of the kids in the van, “Guess what?”
I glanced at him in the review mirror and before answering said, “Ok, guys. It’s Jake’s turn to talk.”
When the other kids had quieted down giving Jake the floor, I encouraged him to go on.
“I can count in Spanish, mom!” Jake said [...]

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Just Because…

March 31, 2012

Like many people, there are hundreds of random pictures on my phone.
Some I have shared, some I have not.
I just like taking pictures with my phone.

Also like many people, I use text messages to communicate with my husband.
And yes, sometimes we text each other when we are in the same house but in different rooms.
But [...]

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Watching Fish Porn

March 29, 2012

I have a great love for TV.
In fact before I found social media and blogging, I said that TV was my hobby.
I just love a good reality drama or a talk show that makes me think or a crime drama that freaks me out that I have to sleep with the lamp on because I [...]

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